Audrey Hepburn was only 2 years and 9 months older than Majel Barrett. Besides, don’t nurses come in all ages?
The cast that wasn't
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Actually, I could see Anthony Perkins play the role of Spock. He could pull off an emotionless stoic persona pretty well. But as others have said, Nimoy did such a fine job, anybody else would be 2nd fiddle.
I could never see Lloyd Bridges as Captain Kirk. He's just too serious and I've never seen him play a light hearted role well. His voice isn't very warming either, quite dry and dull. I wouldn't have cared to hear it for the 3 seasons that TOS ran.
Yes, indeed.
I could never see Lloyd Bridges as Captain Kirk. He's just too serious and I've never seen him play a light hearted role well. His voice isn't very warming either, quite dry and dull. I wouldn't have cared to hear it for the 3 seasons that TOS ran.
Just cast Davy Jones from the Monkees, and get it over with.
Yes, indeed.
Hello, friends! I'm new ...
My thoughts on the Trek cast that wasn't ...
Star Trek: Yorktown
Richard Basehart -- Capt. April
Rod Taylor -- Executive Officer Davies
Martin Landau -- Mr. Spock
Ross Martin -- Lt. José Tyler
Lee Meriwether -- Number One
William Marshall -- Dr. Boyce
Lynn Loring -- Yeoman Colt
How successful do you believe this cast would have been? Thanks for your feedback.
My thoughts on the Trek cast that wasn't ...
Star Trek: Yorktown
Richard Basehart -- Capt. April
Rod Taylor -- Executive Officer Davies
Martin Landau -- Mr. Spock
Ross Martin -- Lt. José Tyler
Lee Meriwether -- Number One
William Marshall -- Dr. Boyce
Lynn Loring -- Yeoman Colt
How successful do you believe this cast would have been? Thanks for your feedback.
I take it you've never seen Airplane!? Surely you can't be serious...
When it comes to an alternative cast for STAR TREK, specifically "The Cage," I've sometimes wondered "what if ... " :
Robert Culp as Captain Robert M. April
Martin Landau as Spock
Barbara Bain as "Number One"
And that's as far as the "what if" goes.
Robert Culp as Captain Robert M. April
Martin Landau as Spock
Barbara Bain as "Number One"
And that's as far as the "what if" goes.
Even then Shigeta was too commanding and elegant a presence to be a junior officer. Captain or XO, definitely!
The purpose of the thread was to speculate on cast members who were considered for various Trek roles, but ended up not participating, for whatever reason. Martin Landau as Spock, Jack Lord or Lloyd Bridges as Kirk, are example of those who were considered. I just wonder what the show would have been like with other actors. Lloyd Bridges is a particularly intriguing prospect.
Frankly, I think a huge part of the reason the show was such a big hit (after it was cancelled) was because the cast we ended up with was so outstanding.
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P.S. I normally ignore snarky remarks and personal insults on this forum. I do not want to sidetrack my own thread, so I have posted my thoughts in a new thread in the General Discussion forum entitled "Blue Meanies".
Frankly, I think a huge part of the reason the show was such a big hit (after it was cancelled) was because the cast we ended up with was so outstanding.
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P.S. I normally ignore snarky remarks and personal insults on this forum. I do not want to sidetrack my own thread, so I have posted my thoughts in a new thread in the General Discussion forum entitled "Blue Meanies".
"Jar Jar" is snarky. Most folks do not invoke that character as a compliment. Especially when used a faux error.
Why does it matter if it was directed at a member here or some who's a professional in the entertainment business? It still sets the tone.
It makes a big difference.
You are correct that Jar Jar is not invoked as a compliment. That's kind of the point.
Jar Jar was a big reason why Episode I was not received as warmly as the three original movies. It wasn't the only reason, but it was a big one. Jar Jar dumbed down the movie, made it a little less believable. JJ Abrams did the same thing to Star Trek. He dumbed it down, made it a little less believable. The general public (that adores movies like "Lethal Weapon") liked the new, dumbed-down Trek, but it wasn't as well received by fans. That is all summed up in referring to JJ as Jar Jar. It also expresses how he tried to turn Star Trek into Star Wars. We had people leaping incredible distances (does the Force now exist in Trek?) and even turned Delta Vega into Hoth, complete with a monster.
In any event, this wasn't even the subject of the post. It's too bad that views cannot be expressed on this board without being called names or having people fixate on one line. If you want to obsses over that one comment just because you don't like it, that's up to you. It's too bad you can't discuss the actual subject and instead results to insults.
It's too bad that opinions cannot be expressed here without someone obssessing about one little line. I've noticed that NuTrek fans seem to be the ones that go ballistic over every negative remark about Jar Jar's movie.
I regret that I added that line to the post. Not because it is improper or innacurate, but because any negative comment about NuTrek is usually met by this kind of reaction. I normally just ignore insults and try to bring the subject back on track.
I don't know about you, but this is entertainment for me. My concept of this forum is to engage in a discussion of a subject I love with other people who share this love. Disagreements are fine and add to the discussion. Insults are not. That is all I intend to say on the subject.
You are correct that Jar Jar is not invoked as a compliment. That's kind of the point.
Jar Jar was a big reason why Episode I was not received as warmly as the three original movies. It wasn't the only reason, but it was a big one. Jar Jar dumbed down the movie, made it a little less believable. JJ Abrams did the same thing to Star Trek. He dumbed it down, made it a little less believable. The general public (that adores movies like "Lethal Weapon") liked the new, dumbed-down Trek, but it wasn't as well received by fans. That is all summed up in referring to JJ as Jar Jar. It also expresses how he tried to turn Star Trek into Star Wars. We had people leaping incredible distances (does the Force now exist in Trek?) and even turned Delta Vega into Hoth, complete with a monster.
In any event, this wasn't even the subject of the post. It's too bad that views cannot be expressed on this board without being called names or having people fixate on one line. If you want to obsses over that one comment just because you don't like it, that's up to you. It's too bad you can't discuss the actual subject and instead results to insults.
It's too bad that opinions cannot be expressed here without someone obssessing about one little line. I've noticed that NuTrek fans seem to be the ones that go ballistic over every negative remark about Jar Jar's movie.
I regret that I added that line to the post. Not because it is improper or innacurate, but because any negative comment about NuTrek is usually met by this kind of reaction. I normally just ignore insults and try to bring the subject back on track.
I don't know about you, but this is entertainment for me. My concept of this forum is to engage in a discussion of a subject I love with other people who share this love. Disagreements are fine and add to the discussion. Insults are not. That is all I intend to say on the subject.
Again you started the thread with an insult. So you're in no position to complain about name calling. If you're dissatisfied with the movie I think you can express that in a manner that doesn't include juvenile alterations of the directors name. The problem is not the opinion, but how it's expressed. And that really all I was referring to. I never called you any thing I simply expressed how your comment made you appear. I've had many discussion about the movie and don't mind folks being critical of it. No ones trying to shut down negative opinions.
As for the movie not being well received by fans. Most fans liked it, as polles here and elsewhere have proven. The fans who didn't like have always been in the minority.
I've been an active and on topic participant in this thread, with five posts addressing the subject, starting with my very first post. More active than you even.
Perhaps you missed this post which concluded with
As for the movie not being well received by fans. Most fans liked it, as polles here and elsewhere have proven. The fans who didn't like have always been in the minority.
I've been an active and on topic participant in this thread, with five posts addressing the subject, starting with my very first post. More active than you even.
Perhaps you missed this post which concluded with
Nerys Myk said:
Great choice, although I think Culp would have also made an excellent James T. Kirk.
Young, good looking, funny, cool guy, riding the success of I Spy.
Thanks! I love Culp and think he's a marvelous actor. He was also a helluv a television writer. He's episodes of I,SPY are my favorite, especially "The Loser" featuring Eartha Kitt as a herion-addicted lounge singer. What I love most about that episode is that it focuses heavily on Bill Cosby's character, Alexander Scott, rather than Culp's character, Kelly Robinson. Hard to imagine Bill Shatner writing an episode that featured Spock more than Kirk.
Based on both his roles as Trent (OUTER LIMITS) and Robinson, Culp certainly had the range to play either the more haunted ship's captain, as originally envisioned by Roddenberry, or the charming, adventurous starship captain that Kirk eventually became in the second and third seasons.
While I know that Culp was doing I, SPY during TOS, I still like to imagine what TOS would've been like had he been cast as the captain. He might've even taken more of a hand in the writing of the series, trying to set to tone for the show as he tried to do with I, SPY.
if Roddenberry would have said "please".
